Vocabulary activity using a the popular song. It's catchy and the lyrics tell a story. It's a handy intro to get students talking about what used to be.
Instructions
Tell students you're going to share a problem with them, then read the text in slide 1 in a conversational style (it appears line by line as you click through) – Anyone know what’s coming next? (Play music on slide by clicking the speaker for a clue).
Slide 2 shows the next few lines and plays the song automatically, then pauses before the chorus line Anyone know what’s coming next? - click to reveal and play the chorus.
Slide 3 repeats the lyrics from slide 1. Students guess/remember the mising words in pairs. Click on the speaker to listen. Click elsewhere on the slide to reveal each word one-by-one.
Slide 4 FCE Use of English part 2 style activity - students should be able to figure out most of the missing words from context. Click the speaker to listen, elsewhere on the slide to reveal the missing words.
Slide 5 is like 3, but trickier.
With both slides 4+5 you could try shadowing (get students to sing/chant the lyrics as you turn the volume down, then turn it back up towards the end to see if the students have managed to maintain the right tempo)
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